He is usually in front of TV cameras, but on Tuesday he was at a school in Eindhoven. 24Kitchen Chef Mounir Toub gave a cooking course at Summa Plus. He introduced students to vegetarian cuisine. The lesson was organised in the context of the Nationale Week Zonder Vlees en Zuivel (national week without meat and dairy).
“We want to make students aware of the fact that you can make your own choices about what you eat and that those choices can have an impact on the world around you”, Mirjam van der Woude, teacher at Summa Plus, says. “In addition, food without meat can also be very tasty”.
That is why various activities are organised for a week to get students thinking about the use of meat in their diet. For example, cooking lessons are given every day, meals are cooked for the elderly from the neighbourhood and vegetarian spring rolls are handed out during the break. “Everything related to food this week is all vegetarian”, the teacher explains.
Environmental pollution
And not without reason. The National no meat or dairy week is organised to combat environmental pollution. The foundation wants people to avoid meat and dairy for a week, so that there is much less CO2 emission and it becomes easier to achieve the climate goals. The campaign started in 2018 as The National Week without meat. The non-dairy part was added this year.
Growing Food
The Summa students are also introduced to food production. They learn how vegetables and herbs grow and when to harvest for example. Also their use in the kitchen is explained.
Summa College has a special class for refugees and other non-Dutch speaking youth. They appreciate the visit of Mounir Toub as he is originally also from outside Netherlands. Mounir is a famous tv chef.
Source: Studio040
Translated by: Bob
